Developers have proposed Project Tango, a 600MW hyperscale datacentre on 202 acres near the northern edge of the Florida Everglades, prompting environmental and community opposition. Experts warn that its substantial electricity use and resulting waste heat could warm nearby waters, worsening toxic algal blooms and threatening an already stressed wetland system. The dispute matters because the site lies within an interconnected watershed that has received major public investment for restoration.

The facility would be about 16 miles south-west of Mar-a-Lago in western Palm Beach county and, at peak capacity, could use electricity comparable to half a million US homes. Blue-green algae already covers large areas of Lake Okeechobee in some summers; its cyanobacteria can produce microcystin, a toxin that can harm people and animals and contaminate drinking water. Opponents argue that changing a previously approved light-industrial development into a hyperscale datacentre may create water, air and noise effects not adequately covered by the existing zoning.